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Manuel Franco said he felt lucky when he purchased five Powerball games last month at a Wisconsin gas station. The 24-year-old West Allis resident’s hunch was right. Franco matched all six Powerball numbers to win the $768.4 million prize, the third-largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history. “It feels like a dream,” Franco told reporters at a news conference Tuesday. lottery Mar 28, 2019
A single ticket that matched all six Powerball numbers to win the estimated $768.4 million jackpot the third-largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history was sold in a Milwaukee suburb, Wisconsin Lottery officials said Thursday. The ticket, worth a cash option of $477 million, was sold at a Speedway gas station in New Berlin, a city of about 40,000.
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Between the Mega Millions and Powerball jackpots, nearly $1 billion is up for grabs ahead of the next drawings starting Friday night.
People hoping for some extra luck stopped by Ernie s Liquor in San Jose, which over two years ago was the spot where someone purchased a ticket that turned out to be worth about $522 million. People just come in in bunches and that’s when the rush is going to be, Kewal Sachdev, owner of Ernie s Liquor, said.